This book presents a cross section of the current research on structure formation and molecular motion in self-organizing macromolecular fluids. Its main purpose is to provide a clear picture of the subject by establishing theoretical foundations. The topics covered include microphase separation of block polymers, chemical and physical gelations, polymer adsorption, and polymers in random media and in external fields; all are treated from a unified viewpoint as molecular ordering in space and time. The contributions concentrate on materials and concepts that have been important in setting the...

Clusters of Atoms and Molecules is devoted to physical, chemical, and technological problems of clusters and small particles. In the first part the solvation, charging, and chemistry of free clusters in vacuum is studied, while the second part describes clusters deposited on surfaces, or embedded in gases, liquids or solids. Several technological applications, such as catalysis, photography, coloured glasses, quantum dots, and nanocrystalline materials are discussed. Each contribution is written so as to be easily understandable for newcomers and concludes with the latest results.

This volume contains papers presented at the Ninth International Conference on Ultrafast Phenomena held at Dana Point, CA, USA, from May 2 to 6, 1994. The biannual Ultrafast Phenomena Conferences provide a forum for discussion of the latest advances in ultrafast optics and applications in science and engineering. The vitality and excitement of the various disciplines sharing common interest in ultrafast phenomena were well represented at the meeting by the 438 participants from 18 countries, including 98 students. Cross-fertilization of ultrafast concepts and techniques among the various...

The interaction of particles and photons with solid surfaces is interdisci- plinary in character, so that very recent developments in solid-state phys- ics, surface physics and atomic physics stimulate progress in the field or profit from results of the "ion-solid" community. Technical interest in the field ranges from catalysis and semiconductor manufacturing to fusion re- search, for instance by surface analytical techniques, or interest in phenom- ena such as sputtering and radiation damage. The Third International Workshop on Inelastic Ion-Surface Coll isions, held at...

New applications of atomic spectroscopy in laser physics, laser spectrosco py, laser frequency and wavelength measurements, plasma physics, astrophysics, and some other related problems have been developed very intensively in the last years. As a result, the approximate methods of calculation of the transition probabilities and cross sections necessary for all these applications have become of vastly increased importance. At the same time, some new problems have arisen in the theory of spectral line broadening such as the shape of nonlinear resonances in the spectra of gas lasers,...

We arepleasedtopresentthesixthvolumeofProgressinUltrafastIntenseLaserS- ence. As the frontiers of ultrafast intense laser science rapidly expand ever outward, there continues to be a growing demand for an introduction to this interdisciplinary research?eldthatisatoncewidelyaccessibleandcapableofdeliveringcutting-edge developments. Our series aims to respond to this call by providing a compilation of concise review-style articles written by researchers at the forefront of this research ?eld, so that researcherswith differentbackgroundsas well as graduatestudentscan easily grasp the essential...

This monograph treats, for the first time, major aspects of gas dynamics of nozzles from a general point of view. Its outstanding feature is the pre- sentation of the modern theory of gas flows and modern analytical and nu- merical methods, together with numerous examples of practical applications. At the same time, quite diverse physico-chemical processes, such as disso- ciation and recombination, relaxation of vibrational degrees of freedom, two-phase flows wi th phase trans formati ons and e 1 ectromagneti c i nf1 uences, are considered. The material is presented in such a way as to help...

The second international conference on the subject of Picosecond Phenomena was held June 18-20, 1980, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Scientists from a broad range of disciplines were brought together to discuss their common interest in ultrafast processes. This meeting was organized as a Topical Meeting of the Optical Society of America and was attended by 250 partici pants. The conference reviewed the latest advances in the experimental and theo retical understanding of phenomena that occur on a picosecond timescale. New discoveries in electronics, chemical dynamics, solid state physics, and...

The third international conference devoted to picosecond phenomena was held June 16-18, 1982 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. Scientists from widely varying disciplines, physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers came together to share their common interest in picosecond and subpicosecond processes. The meeting attracted approximately 250 scientists from numerous countries around the globe. More than .100 papers were concerned with the latest advances in the ex- perimental and theoretical understanding of ultrafast phenomena. New dis- coveries in femtosecond and picosecond pulse...

This volume focuses on ultrafast molecular responses to an intense laser field, advanced techniques for attosecond pulse generation, atomic and molecular responses to attosecond pulses and attosecond pulse interaction with solid materials.